7So that contrariwiseye ought rather to forgive him, andcomfort him, lestperhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuchsorrow.8Wherefore I beseechyou that ye would confirm your lovetowardhim.9Forto this endalso did I write , that I might know the proof of you,whether ye beobedientin all things.10Towhom ye forgive any thing,I forgive also:forifIforgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakesforgave I it in the persona of Christ;11LestSatanshould get an advantage of us : for we are notignorant of hisdevices.12Furthermore, when I cametoTroasto preach Christ'sgospel,and a door was opened unto meof the Lord,13
I hadnorest in myspirit, because IfoundnotTitusmybrother:but taking my leave of them, I went from thenceintoMacedonia.14Nowthanks be unto God, which alwayscausethus to triumphinChrist,and maketh manifest the savour of hisknowledgebyusineveryplace.15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ,in them that are saved , andin them that perish :
16To the one we are the savour of deathuntodeath;and to the other the savour of lifeuntolife.Andwho is sufficientfor these things?17For we arenotasmany, which corruptb the word of God:butasofsincerity,butasofGod, in the sight of God speak weinChrist.
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